The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
Orange County.
Bradford.

THERE was no preaching at the Cougre-
gational church last Sunday. - Captain
j. II. Watson and DR.. F. II. Everett started
Monday for ST. Louis and Kansas City, to
be absent two to three weeks. They both
close up their offices and ask their patrons
to await their return. Several others have
strongly talked of going, but when the time
arrived it seemed like too much of an under
taking, and they remained for home guard.
- Bertie Hanson cut off two fingers
last Thursday in a hay-cutter. - John
Mead and family returned from California
last week. where they have been at work
for the Towle Brothers for two and one
half years. - DIR. and Mrs. f. p. Mather
of Chester, Mass, We're the guests of II. A.
Winship last week.
Braintree.
Hon. w. II. NICHOLS, Judge of probate
for tine district of Randolph, was stricken
with apoplexy at his residence Sunday
morning and it was at first rumored that re-
covery would be impossible, but later re-
ports are more hopeful. - The Sewing
and Mite Society met with Mrs q. E. Boyn-
ton last Friday afternoon. About ninety
persons were present and very pleasant
! time was enjoyed by all - May Godfrey
has left the West Randolph graded school
on account of illness. - Mrs. Thomas
! Smith, who has been insane for some time,
has been taken to Brattleboro. - Henry
Manchester of Boston is visiting his parents.
! l.. u. ouerildu anu WIG VI Dlitte-
ford, Maine, are visiting his mother. Mrs.
A. NJ. Sherman. - NJ. ID. Laport and
wife have gone to Kennebunk Landing,
Maine, to visit Mrs. Laport's mother.
Chelsea.
Mrs. PATIENCE WALKER died, at the age
| of nearly ninety-two, at the home of NJ. E.
Burnham on Wednesday and the funeral
services were held on Friday, Rev. j. A.
! Sherburn officiating - Misses Amanda
Il I n.rl;, Ia1
the annual convention of the Young
Woman's Christian Temperance Unions at
! Woodstock last week - III. w. Dear
born has bought the Stephen Vincent shop,
just south of his own, for $50 - Mrs
Mary A. Livermore's lecture on Monday
! evening of last week was well attended
and enthusiastically received. - NJ. G.
Allen lost horse last week. The animal
ran away and succeeded in breaking her
neck before she could be caught. - The
Orange County Sunday-school Convention
will be held in the Methodist church here
on Thursday and Friday of next week.
60 Rev Franklin S. Hatch of Hartford
CT. visited his family here last week. -
Mr. a. l.. Parsons, the evangelist, who has
| lust finished work at Williamstown, will
begin series of meetings in the Congrega-
tional church here Sunday, October 2d. His
reputation is that of powerful speaker and
a successful eyangelistic worker - Van
b. Sleeper, city treasurer of Lowell, Mass,
| is Wishing mere, AlDtTl I1dNWdIu
of Kearney, Neb., is visiting his brother, g.
l.. Hayward. - Captain w. ii. IL. Hall
leaves ON Thursday for st. Louis, where he
he is to act as aid on the staff of Com
mander-in-chief Fairchild at the national
| encampment of the Grand Army of the Re-
public. - Ira Hood has been raising
sweet potatoes and reports yield of ninety
| from one hill.
CHELSEA ACADEMY.
nl1ia
Perkins. == Last week "A number of the
scholars attended Mrs. Livermore's lecture,
| hut the next morning many wished they
had either stayed at home or had taken
notes for they were informed by Mr.. Com
stock that they might write something about
the lecture and hand it in to him some time
during the week. - Miss Noyes visited
school last week, as did also Mrs. Lasell,
Miss Martins sister. - A former
Academy scholar, Fred A. Lincoln, is visit
ing in town. - Running round the COM
mon seemed to be a favorite recreation last
week - a few of the West Hill schol-
ars were absent Friday afternoon to attend
a funeral. - From a remark made in
recitation Monday the scholars were given
the impression that one of the students
thought girls stuck their hair up straight in
order to make IL look nice the next day.
- 1t is feared that Mr.. Comstock does
not like the practice some of the scholars
! indulge in-the practice of looking person
out of countenance in recitation time -
Miss Lillian Lease, one of our former schol-
ars, is working in shoe mandatory now
and thinks she likes it better than teaching.
Corinth.
THE potato crop is very nearly failure
not enough being raised for the home supply,
The corn crop is mostly gathered and is an
average crop. Most other grains were more
or less blghted by the hot weather of the
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